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groups of the Crustacea has been published^ in the Scientific 
Investigations of the Irish Fisheries. Selbie was an excellent 
draughtsman, and the fifteen beautifully drawn plates 
illustrating the new and rare species are deserving of great 
praise. Perhaps the most remarkable species brought 
to light during this work is a new " Spiny Lobster " (Palin- 
iirus Thomsoni) captured in more than 200 fathoms off the 
south-west coast and named " in honour of my first in- 
structor in Zoology, Professor J. Arthur Thomson, of 
Aberdeen.*' The report contains an account of the in- 
teresting little crabs called Eryonicus, the proper classifying 
of which caused him much perturbation of spirit. On the 
completion of this piece of work he also wrote a descriptive 
account of the Hermit Crabs of Irish waters, which has 
not yet been published. 
At Dr. Scharff's suggestion vSelbie gave some time to the 
study of the myriapoda (centipedes and millipedes) and he 
published^ three papers throwing light on these little-known 
animals. He had also a general list of the Irish myriapoda in 
preparation, and has left MS. notes and maps of the occur- 
rence in Ireland of the various species. 
With regard to personal qualities he was in every way 
an exceedingly pleasant companion, of courteous manners, 
and one who might be implicitly relied upon in any circum- 
stances. It was only on long acquaintance that one 
discovered his strongly marked likes and dislikes, the latter 
qualified in expression by a droll humour. He was an 
excellent golfer carrying off a well-contested prize shortly 
before entering the army. Had his life been spared, there 
can be no doubt this promising young naturalist would have 
excelled in the work so well begun. 
J. N. Halbert. 
^The Decapoda Reptantia of the coasts of Ireland. Part i., Palmura, 
Astacura and Anomura (except Paguridea). Fisheries, Ireland, Sci. 
Invest., 1914, I (1914). 
-Some New Irish Myriapods. Irish Naturalist, xxi., 1912. New 
Records of Irish Myriapods. Irish Naturalist, xxii., 1913. A New 
Variety of Polydesmus coriaceus, Porat, and Note on a Centipede mons- 
trosity. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xxii., 1913. 
